Publicaties
2026
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Simões, M., Taenzer, J., Marie Smit, L. A., Vermeulen, R., Fricke, J. T., Zorn, J., Gerlofs-Nijland, M., Mughini-Gras, L., & Theresia de Rooij, M. M. (2026). Impact of livestock-related air pollution on public health: A nationwide population-based study on COVID-19 in the Netherlands. Environment International, 211, Article 110264. [DOI] [Repository]
van Kersen, W., de Rooij, M. M. T., Aalders, B., Prins, K., Borlée, F., Yzermans, J. C., van der Giessen, J. W. B., Heederik, D., Rice, M. B., & Smit, L. A. M. (2026). Air pollution from livestock farms and lung function decline in neighboring residents over 7 years. Environmental Epidemiology, 10(3), Article e479. [DOI] [Repository]
Lotterman, A., Olufotebi, I., Wouters, I. M., Winkel, A., Smit, L. A. M., & de Rooij, M. M. T. (2026). Occupational exposure of goat farm workers to particulate matter and endotoxin. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 70(3), Article wxag020. [DOI] [Repository]
Cornu Hewitt, B., Odendaal, M.-L., de Rooij, M. M. T., Bossers, A., Franz, E., Bogaert, D., & Smit, L. A. M. (2026). Impacts of inhaled exposures on the upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review. Science of the Total Environment, 1030, Article 181776. [DOI] [Repository]
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Cornu Hewitt, B., Odendaal, M.-L., de Rooij, M. M. T., Bossers, A., Chu, M. L., van Kersen, W., Lotterman, A., van der Giessen, J., Bogaert, D., & Smit, L. A. M. (2025). Occupational and environmental livestock exposures are associated with alterations in the upper respiratory tract microbiome. Environmental Research, 286(Pt 1), Article 122847. [DOI] [Repository]
Odendaal, M.-L., Taenzer, J., de Rooij, M. M. T., Kuiling, S., Bogaert, D., Franz, E., & Smit, L. A. M. (2025). Nasopharyngeal microbiota is influenced by agricultural air pollution in individuals with and without COPD. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 15653. [DOI] [Repository]
2024
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Huitink, M., de Rooij, M., Montarsi, F., Salvati, M. V., Obber, F., Da Rold, G., Sgubin, S., Mazzotta, E., di Martino, G., Mazzucato, M., Salata, C., Vonesch, N., Tomao, P., & Mughini-Gras, L. (2024). Habitat Suitability of Ixodes ricinus Ticks Carrying Pathogens in North-East Italy. Pathogens and Disease, 13(10), Article 836. [DOI] [Repository]
Bossers, A., de Rooij, M. M., van Schothorst, I., Velkers, F. C., & Smit, L. A. (2024). Detection of airborne wild waterbird-derived DNA demonstrates potential for transmission of avian influenza virus via air inlets into poultry houses, the Netherlands, 2021 to 2022. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 29(40), Article 2400350. [DOI] [Repository]
Cornu Hewitt, B., Bossers, A., van Kersen, W., de Rooij, M. M. T., & Smit, L. A. M. (2024). Associations between acquired antimicrobial resistance genes in the upper respiratory tract and livestock farm exposures: a case-control study in COPD and non-COPD individuals. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 79(12), 3160–3168. [DOI] [Repository]
Hewitt, B. C., Smit, L. A. M., Kersen, W. V., Wouters, I. M., Heederik, D. J. J., Kerckhoffs, J., Hoek, G., & Rooij, M. M. T. D. (2024). Residential exposure to microbial emissions from livestock farms: Implementation and evaluation of land use regression and random forest spatial models. Environmental Pollution, 346, 123590. Article 123590. [DOI] [Repository]
van Kersen, W., de Rooij, M. M. T., Portengen, L., Diez, N. S., Pieterson, I., Tewis, M., Boer, J. M. A., Koppelman, G., Vonk, J. M., Vermeulen, R., Gehring, U., Huss, A., & Smit, L. A. M. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 containment measures on perceived health and health-protective behavior: a longitudinal study. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-9. Article 419. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Fischer, E. A. J., Broens, E. M., Kooistra, H. S., De Rooij, M. M. T., Stegeman, J. A., & De Jong, M. C. M. (2023). Contribution of cats and dogs to SARS-CoV-2 transmission in households. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, Article 1151772. [DOI] [Repository]
Lotterman, A., Baliatsas, C., de Rooij, M. M. T., Huss, A., Jacobs, J., Dückers, M., Boender, G. J., McCarthy, C., Heederik, D., Hagenaars, T. J., Yzermans, C. J., & Smit, L. A. M. (2023). Increased risk of pneumonia amongst residents living near goat farms in different livestock-dense regions in the Netherlands. PLoS One, 18(7), Article e0286972. [DOI] [Repository]
de Rooij, M. M. T., Sikkema, R. S., Bouwknegt, M., de Geus, Y., Stanoeva, K. R., Nieuwenweg, S., van Dam, A. S. G., Raben, C., Dohmen, W., Heederik, D., Reusken, C., Meijer, A., Koopmans, M. P. G., Franz, E., & Smit, L. A. M. (2023). A comprehensive sampling study on SARS-CoV-2 contamination of air and surfaces in a large meat processing plant experiencing COVID-19 clusters in June 2020. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(4), E227-E233. [DOI] [Repository]
Kiss, P., de Rooij, M. M. T., Koppelman, G. H., Boer, J., Vonk, J. M., Vermeulen, R., Hogerwerf, L., Sterk, H. A. M., Huss, A., Smit, L. A. M., & Gehring, U. (2023). Residential exposure to livestock farms and lung function in adolescence - The PIAMA birth cohort study. Environmental Research, 219, Article 115134. [DOI] [Repository]
2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Kwok, K. T. T., de Rooij, M. M. T., Messink, A. B., Wouters, I. M., Smit, L. A. M., Cotten, M., Heederik, D. J. J., Koopmans, M. P. G., & Phan, M. V. T. (2022). Establishing farm dust as a useful viral metagenomic surveillance matrix. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-14. Article 16308. [DOI] [Repository]
Kannekens-Jager, M. M., de Rooij, M. M. T., de Groot, Y., Biesbroeck, E., de Jong, M. K., Pijnacker, T., Smit, L. A. M., Schuurman, N., Broekhuizen-Stins, M. J., Zhao, S., Duim, B., Langelaar, M. F. M., Stegeman, A., Kooistra, H. S., Radstake, C., Egberink, H. F., Wagenaar, J. A., & Broens, E. M. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats is associated with contact to COVID-19 positive household members. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(6), 4034-4040. [DOI] [Repository]
van Kersen, W., Bossers, A., de Steenhuijsen Piters, W. A. A., de Rooij, M. M. T., Bonten, M., Fluit, A. C., Heederik, D., Paganelli, F. L., Rogers, M., Viveen, M., Bogaert, D., Leavis, H. L., & Smit, L. A. M. (2022). Air pollution from livestock farms and the oropharyngeal microbiome of COPD patients and controls. Environment international, 169, 1-9. Article 107497. [DOI] [Repository]
Wolters, W. J., Rooij, M. M. T. D., Molenaar, R. J., Rond, J. D., Vernooij, J., Meijer, P. A., Munnink, B. B. O., Sikkema, R., Spek, A. N. V. D., Spierenburg, M. A. H., Honing, R. H. . V., VanderPoel, W., Koopmans, M., Stegeman, A., Smit, L. AM., Augustijn-Schretlen, M., & Velkers, F. (2022). Manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Mink Related to Host-, Virus- and Farm-Associated Factors, The Netherlands 2020. Viruses, 14(8), 1-20. Article 1754. [DOI] [Repository]
van Aart, A. E., Velkers, F. C., Fischer, E. A. J., Broens, E. M., Egberink, H., Zhao, S., Engelsma, M., Hakze-van der Honing, R. W., Harders, F., de Rooij, M. M. T., Radstake, C., Meijer, P. A., Munnink, B. B. O., de Rond, J., Sikkema, R. S., van der Spek, A. N., Spierenburg, M., Wolters, W. J., Molenaar, R.-J., ... Smit, L. A. M. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats and dogs in infected mink farms. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(5), 3001-3007. [DOI] [Repository]
2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rooij, M. M. T. D., Sikkema, R. S., Bouwknegt, M., Geus, Y. D., Stanoeva, K. R., Nieuwenweg, S., Dam, A. S. G. V., Raben, C., Dohmen, W., Heederik, D., Reusken, C., Meijer, A., Koopmans, M. P. G., Franz, E., & Smit, L. A. M. (2021). Potential environmental transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 inside a large meat processing plant experiencing COVID-19 clusters. (pp. 1-23). medRxiv. [DOI] [Repository]
de Rooij, M. M. T., Hakze-Van der Honing, R. W., Hulst, M. M., Harders, F., Engelsma, M., van de Hoef, W., Meliefste, K., Nieuwenweg, S., Oude Munnink, B. B., van Schothorst, I., Sikkema, R. S., van der Spek, A. N., Spierenburg, M., Spithoven, J., Bouwstra, R., Molenaar, R.-J., Koopmans, M., Stegeman, A., van der Poel, W. H. M., & Smit, L. A. M. (2021). Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(12), 893-899. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Kwok, K. T. T., de Rooij, M. M. T., Messink, A. B., Wouters, I. M., Koopmans, M. P. G., & Phan, M. V. T. (2020). Genome sequences of seven megrivirus strains from chickens in the Netherlands. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(47), Article e01207-20. [DOI] [Repository]
Oreshkova, N., Molenaar, R. J., Vreman, S., Harders, F., Oude Munnink, B. B., Van Der Honing, R. W. H., Gerhards, N., Tolsma, P., Bouwstra, R., Sikkema, R. S., Tacken, M. G. J., De Rooij, M. M. T., Weesendorp, E., Engelsma, M. Y., Bruschke, C. J. M., Smit, L. A. M., Koopmans, M., Van Der Poel, W. H. M., & Stegeman, A. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(23), Article 2001005. [DOI] [Repository]
2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Rooij, M. M. T. (2019). Livestock-related microbial air pollution:residential exposure and health effects. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [Repository]
de Rooij, M. M. T., Smit, L. A. M., Erbrink, H. J., Hagenaars, T. J., Hoek, G., Ogink, N. W. M., Winkel, A., Heederik, D. J. J., & Wouters, I. M. (2019). Endotoxin and particulate matter emitted by livestock farms and respiratory health effects in neighboring residents. Environment international, 132, Article 105009. [DOI] [Repository]
de Rooij, M. M. T., Hoek, G., Schmitt, H., Janse, I., Swart, A., Maassen, C. B. M., Schalk, M., Heederik, D. J. J., & Wouters, I. M. (2019). Insights into Livestock-Related Microbial Concentrations in Air at Residential Level in a Livestock Dense Area. Environmental Science & Technology. [DOI] [Repository]
De Rooij, M. M. T., Van Leuken, J. P. G., Swart, A., Kretzschmar, M. E. E., Nielen, M., De Koeijer, A. A., Janse, I., Wouters, I. M., & Heederik, D. J. J. (2019). A systematic knowledge synthesis on the spatial dimensions of Q fever epidemics. Zoonoses and Public Health, 66(1), 14-25. [DOI] [Repository]
2018
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Rooij, M. M. T., Heederik, D. J. J., van Nunen, E. J. H. M., van Schothorst, I. J., Maassen, C. B. M., Hoek, G., & Wouters, I. M. (2018). Spatial Variation of Endotoxin Concentrations Measured in Ambient PM10 in a Livestock-Dense Area: Implementation of a Land-Use Regression Approach. Environmental Health Perspectives, 126(1), Article 017003. [DOI] [Repository]
2017
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Rooij, M., Heederik, D., Borlée, F., Hoek, G., & Wouters, I. (2017). Spatial and temporal variation in endotoxin and PM10 concentrations in ambient air in a livestock dense area. Environmental Research, 153, 161-170. [DOI] [Repository]
2016
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Rooij, M. M. T., Borlée, F., Smit, L. A. M., de Bruin, A., Janse, I., Heederik, D. J. J., & Wouters, I. M. (2016). Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Ambient Air after a Large Q Fever Outbreak. PLoS One, 11(3), Article e0151281. [DOI] [Repository]
2012
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
de Rooij, M. M. T., Schimmer, B., Versteeg, B., Schneeberger, P., Berends, B. R., Heederik, D., van der Hoek, W., & Wouters, I. M. (2012). Risk factors of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) seropositivity in veterinary medicine students. PLoS One, 7(2), Article e32108. [DOI] [Repository]